A NIGERIAN man Airline Bomb Attack On Northwest Flight 253 Amsterdam - Detroit.mp4

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Vr 25 dec 2009 - A Northwest Airlines passenger from Nigeria, who said he was acting on al-Qaida's instructions, set off an explosive device Friday in a failed terrorist attack on the plane as it was landing in Detroit, federal officials said.
Flight 253 with 278 passengers aboard was 20 minutes from the airport when it sounded like a firecracker had exploded, witnesses said. One passenger jumped over others and tried to subdue the man. Shortly afterward, the suspect was taken to a front row seat with his pants cut off and his legs burned.
The White House said it believed it was an attempted act of terrorism and stricter security measures were quickly imposed on airline travel, but were not specified.
Law enforcement officials identified the suspect as Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab. Others had slightly different spellings.
One law enforcement source said the man claimed to have been instructed by al-Qaida to detonate the plane over U.S. soil.
"It sounded like a firecracker in a pillowcase," said Peter Smith, a passenger from the Netherlands. "First there was a pop, and then (there) was smoke."
At least one passenger acted heroically.
Smith said the passenger, sitting opposite the man, climbed over passengers, went across the aisle and tried to restrain the man. The heroic passenger appeared to have been burned.
The incident was reminiscent of convicted shoe bomber Richard Reid, who tried to destroy a trans-Atlantic flight in 2001 with explosives hidden in his shoes, but was subdued by other passengers. Reid is serving a life sentence.
Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., ranking GOP member of the House Homeland Security Committee, said the flight began in Nigeria and went through Amsterdam en route to Detroit.
King identified the suspect as 23-year-old Abdul Mudallah of Nigeria, and King said Mudallah "definitely has connections" to Al Qaeda.
King said Mudallah was not on any terrorism watchlist.
"This could have been catastrophic," said King, speaking to "FOX Report" Friday night. "We were lucky on this one."
A statement Delta, which acquired Northwest, said, "Upon approach to Detroit, a passenger caused a disturbance onboard Northwest Airlines Flight 253. The passenger was subdued immediately and the crew requested that law enforcement meet the flight upon arrival.
"The flight, operated by Northwest using an Airbus 330-300 aircraft with 278 passengers onboard, landed safely. The passenger was taken into custody and questioned by law enforcement authorities."
The FBI and the Homeland Security Department issued an intelligence note on Nov. 20 about the threat picture for the 2009 holiday season from Thanksgiving through Jan. 1. At the time, intelligence officials said they had no specific information about attack plans by al-Qaida or other terrorist groups. The intelligence note was obtained by The Associated Press.
President Barack Obama was notified of the incident and discussed it with security officials, the White House said. It said he is monitoring the situation and receiving regular updates from his vacation spot in Hawaii.
There was nothing out of the ordinary about Flight 253 on Friday until it was on final approach to Detroit, said Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Elizabeth Isham Cory. That is when the pilot declared an emergency and landed without incident shortly thereafter, Cory said. The plane landed at 12:51 p.m. EST.
One U.S. intelligence official said the explosive device was a mix of powder and liquid. It failed when the passenger tried to detonate it.
The passenger was being questioned Friday evening. An intelligence source said the Nigerian passenger was being held and treated in an Ann Arbor, Mich., hospital.
All the sources spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation was continuing.

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[MrSteveykk]

staged, you guys need to do more digging.

[bnewton81]

This is shit staged by the CIA to give credence to this war on terror. I have no doubt this guy planed to blow this plane up, but I promise you that the CIA not only knew about this, but orchestrated it. We must rise above this knee-jerk reaction of fear. We are being manipulated.

[karlaabc123]

so my brother has an app on his Iphone u can listen to police radio so we were listening to air traffic and then a little window popped up and the only word i caught was attack, then it wouldnt let me listen to any type of radio in Detroit! ( oh and we were in Livonia Michigan) it was wierd

[invertballer12]

How did he get through security? hahah thats funny i went to amsterdam and they dont even make you take off your shoes and what do you know that was a show bomb....

[gamemaster905]

If someone tries to do a terrorist act on a plane, people will rape him within seconds.

[m3yplestory]

Damn. That guy just makes all Nigerians look bad. Jeez.

[GEORGIOS798]

it is always an airplane and always in usa. it is never a bridge or a bus.

[ukwanwam]

That flight did not originate from Nigeria as the reporter said.

[Velayasha]

dmak I agree on your last comment. You implied that if the Nigerian near attack had been on a Republican's watch, they certainly would have blamed him. But 2 wrongs don't make a right. Besides, even tho Obama has post 9/11 security measures already in place, we'll never be 100% terror proof. One of the bad guys will get lucky and slip through no matter who's in office. The best a prez can do is keep the attacks minimized.

[dmak500]

Velayasha:

Actually this is a tad redundant. In my post a month ago I already said what the media & the Dems would say if this had happened on Pres. Bush's watch, Bush would be called an inept moron or the like.